Buggy-shaft support.



B. M. PERDUB.

BUGGY SHAFT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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BRADY MURPHY PERDUE, or FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY.

BUGGY-SHAFT SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Application filed July 11, 1913. Serial No. 778,556. I

To all whom it may concern .5 y

Be it known that I, BRADY MURPHY PER- DUE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Franklin, inthe county of Si1npson and Stateof Kentucky, have invented an Improvement in BuggyShaft Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that class of devices which areappliedto horse drawn vehicles for the purpose of supporting the shafts inelevated position when the vehicle is not in use.

The invention is more particularly an improvement upon that forwhich Ihave received Letters Patent of the United States, No. 1,050,687, datedJanuary 14, 1913.. In

the former invention,a shaft-engaging and supporting hook is pivoted toa vertical bracket or standard in such manner that a portion of itprojects backward from the standard, and is acted on by a spiral springwhich is applied to the standard exteriorly. In the present inventionthespring is inclosed in a hollow standard and engages the hook on thefront side of its pivot.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is p a vertical sectlon of a porton of a vehlcle front with my lIlVGIltlOIL applied and the disenrigidlyattached to the front spring of a vehicle, and a hook 2 is pivoted inthe slotted end of the same. contractile spiral spring3 is arranged inthe adjacent portionof the standard and its lower end is secured to thelatter, while the upper end is attached to the hook in front of itspivot. As shown, the hook is pendent preferable to the former one, sincethe spring is inclosed and protected and prevented from contact withexterior objects.

I claim The combination hinged thereto and a hollow standard rigidlysecured to the front of the vehicle, of a hook pivoted in the standard,and a spiral spring inclosed in the latter and engaging the hook infront of its pivot, asdesc ribed.

BRADY MURPHY PERDUE.

Witnesses:

I M. S. HARRIs,

W. E. CRoEN.

Copies of this patent may beuobtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. i Washington, D. G.

with a vehicle and shafts

